School Supplies: X4 Your Cash!

School supplies… come and get ’em for 25 cents on the dollar!

One of the most common things we hear, sadly, is how much teachers have to fork over out of their own pockets for school supplies.

So, a couple of years ago we turned to Linda O’Reilly, SimpleK12’s Chief Financial Office, for help. Outside of work, one of Linda’s chief interests is couponing… to say that she is obsessed with using coupons to save herself, her friends, and her family money might be a tad of an understatement. If there’s anyone who knows more about couponing than Linda O’Reilly, I haven’t met them.

SimpleK12 regularly raises money to help local schools with school supplies, and Linda heads up these iniatives, using her couponing skills, of course, to get discounts on school supplies.

Here are the 10 steps that Linda uses to regularly quadruple her investment:

Start by collecting weekly ads from your local Sunday paper… for the big box stores such as Target, Walmart, and Office Depot.